Ironing device



IRONING DEVICE Filed March 6, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet" l INVENTORS 5. H. SEIDMAN ET AL June 11, 1935; I

IRON'ING DEVICE Filed March 6, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 9 INVENTQRS FIG-2 Patented June 11, 1935 .t v 8 plaims. This inventionrelates to devices for "ironing: and pressingtfabfi ,jjandfmore particularly to r the nypem which the materialto e ironed "or 3 pr sedislpropelled on arollerfi; V I

' ,1 One offthe hjeets of the inyention is to provide estationa ryheeted iron normally separete'd from and ada ted to 1, Contact with a, padded -gi x'1 11y ta lilefroller joveifwhich the material-to be ironed? is propelledfi Anotherobjeet is toco ntro l th rotai tion ofihe rollerTend contacting with the ir dn by means ofapedal; in order to le ayeithe end e r di i e at a alfiq 'e f lw J ge iiei t Mar he I h eyiee with a t'a ible and standard hioh ere qollapsibieggsothatthe deor: rovision i the ,hfiatsi pply h ren w Pre "nedinteryalfefmrrelease i troll. ;Ainon'g the. advantages: are'faglsofs imp of construction and operation.

,{Ihese "and. otherobjects and adyantages will be, apparent from. the drawings, and 'description y forming part. ofthis; specificati'onj and; the new and.nov lgem o iments in the C'Ql'lStI'llCtiQl'i. an arran ment of parts wh p j set forth therein 7 and Claimed In thefdi wiflgsg-f' v ltisia plan levy of, 'thendevice set npiol Fig. ,5 shows the .el eetrief cirdi ifdia 'gralmi 1 In the construction; shown to illustratethe in.- vention, a. roller m, is l pivoted ini bearings H and lZJon supports !3la,nd"i4 respectively; ;;As in the i isual" ironing board, a paddingevnd game 'epyer ing membranes thefl roller lfi. Toenable'; the mounting .of pertain. garments oyer one end of I th o r; an d tel e s P QY d dJWith' the passage of electrie current through the heat- Seidma n, fiewi Yorlg lih Y and. Arthur Roli th Nevy l iayen; Conn. i

(01. 6 9), l y ing elernent fi embodied therein. It is however elsoreadilyadaptable for being heated by gas; The supports [3 and 14 are attached to ai -bed, 24-, Which ine'y comprise two angle irons 2 5 and zfirslightly deflected downwardly at their ex 5 tiemitis; "Pivotal ly attached. at each end of ee chengle; is "a,'sta ndard 21, and each pair of; r standards 'is held from excessive lateral {separation by the cross-members 28, 29 which are piyotallylconneeted: to theflstandards 2'! at 30 and 3 and to ea'oh other by pin 3?. The pin 32 is "adizipte dffor upwardmovement above the hori:- zontal only, whei'by'theffree extremities of the standards 21lar'e brought towardeaeh other; The standards mey then be swung ebout their respee tive piv'otsand brought underwthe bed' Z-l. On eeiehside V of .iroller In; and piVotally mounted. on

supporting members 131 and. I4 are the' jtab1e lee yes 3f ii fd j which'when opened up forluse,

arej e'echsupportedat their free extremities by flfthe strut mempe s 35,i36,j a nd areheld in a' plane a short 'distanee below, the] uppermost sur-lf fa c e" ofroller J0. The strut members 35 and. 36:

zirefpiyotelly connected. to f the bed 24, theltbl :leayes and 34 and to each other, with astopj 253 cjatohufil' neeirthe latter eonneetionq The leaves may thus be dropped when not use, as shownin 1 i 1. r Y Pivptally connected to, the fbedr 24Lbypin 38 js the motor bedff39; which as illustrated here o oniprises} a o two angles 40 and 4i which are' resiliently supported on bed 24 ,by the springs 42 and"43 ."1 'A pin 4 5 through the angles 4| and r them the stressfinflthe heating it thei'bar 4e. Another barflfl is suspended from pin 48, pn yvhieh is also mounted the support '21., A spring 49 attached to the bed-24 reeeivesfthev portedifroni bars 46 ancl fl, and is adapted to Slide-upward along said bars-asthey are swung aloout the'i iVots up .againstthe undersidel ofl thei bed .24 ig showsthe standards 21,;the

drobped to formthe sidewalls of the ollensed device, which isleornp'aetly held" together by tierod'sji. Thus the device becomes portableand readily putaway when-'notinuse; yet it is' adapt- 50 ed tobequiokly set 'up. ,7 t V electric mQtOIf-H, mountedon amoton bed; 39, {has 'an speed reduetionmechanism 53 and a. piilleyafii Orr a pulley .55 concentric with roller ;l q n the ,verticaui; with pi'illey" 54, is ibelt SGQ 'adafitedtO cont zidti with pulley 54 when the OFFICE fi ,58, and causes screw 59 to revolve with it. Hinged beneath the screw 58 is a rod 59 which has a pair of electric contactors 60 and 6| along most of its length and insulated from each other, and an insulator 62 for the balance of its length. An electric contacting slider 63 is adapted to make connectionbetween 6D and 6! to close an electric circuit as long as it slides along the contactors 69 and 6!. But upon sliding past them on to the insulating portion 62, the connection between these contactors is broken. The slider 63 is adapted to fit into the grooves of the screw 58, and as the screw revolves, the slider 63 is caused to move to the left as viewed in Fig 2 or Fig. 5.

The electrical connections are shown in Fig. 5. A double prong plug 64 is adapted for connection to the source of electric power and is preferably connected by means of a flexible cord to two separate double pole switches 65 and 66. The current through therheating resistor 23 is applied by the switch 65, and the current through the motor is independently applied by means of switch 66. The motor circuit includes in series, the top of switch 66, the wire connected to the portion of slider 63 contacting with strip 60,

V strip 60, contactor 69, rheostat 61, motor 52 and bottom of switch 66, also slider 63 acting only to contact strip 60, for thiscircuit. The heater circuit includes in series the top of switch 66, the wire connected to the portion of the slider 63 contacting with strip 60, slider 63, strip 6|,

wire to resistor 23 and bottom of switch 66.

The ordinary flat iron usually has a pointed portion, which is frequently an aid in ironing. To produce the equivalent effect, a pointed member 19 is provided. This may be a bent wire suitably-shaped and adapted for insertion into any of the pairs of openings H in the iron frame l9. This is of distinct aid in flattening the seams of members sewed together. This provision of adjustability of mounting the guide member 10 at any point along. the width of the ironer (normal to the direction of movement of the articles) permits the use of substantially the full ironer regardless of the position of the seam along the width of the article ironed, also requiring less movementof the article in aligning of seam and guide member, by the mere movement of the guidemember T to the nearest receptacle H.

The operation of the device will be found simple. Assume the device is collapsed as shown in Fig. 4. To be set up for use, the tie-rods are disengaged, the standards 21 are dropped and spread apart until the bed 24 rests solidly upon them, the treadle 59 is droppeddown as the bars 46 are swungdownward, the table leaves 313 and 34 are'raisedand plug 64 is connected to the source, of power supply. Switch 65 isthen closed to energize the heating element 23 until the iron reaches the proper operating temperature. Then switch 65 is disconnected and switch 66 is closed, the garment; is placed on leaf 33 and over rollers l0, l6 and treadle 59 is depressed with the foot. As the treadle is moved down the hot flat iron [9 is, drawn down against the action of the springs 42, 43 and 49 until it contacts with the garment on roller l9, I6. At the same time that the motor bed 39 moves down, with the depression of treadle 50, memberEB moves with it and causes slider 63 to slide down toward the right end of the rod which end had been lowered in elevation, and.

thereby closes the motor and heating element circuits. Also as member 68 moves down, contactor 69 moves along resistor 61, reduces the resistance and thus causes the motor 52 to gradually speed up. Pulley 54 has also moved down and been brought to bear against belt 56, so that as the motor revolves, the belt 56 and consequently the pulley 55 and rollers l9, l6 revolve with it. The garment is thus carried forward by its frictional action against the roller, and the smooth hot surface of iron l9 produces the desired results, and the ironed garment emerges on table leaf 34. By removing the foot pressure from the treadle 50, the depressed springs 42, 43 and" 49 rebound, thereby separating the iron from the garment; the roller immediately stops revolving because pulley 54 is drawn from belt 56; but instead the pulley contacts with the friction pulley. 51 which thereby starts revolving. Member 68 also moves up and causes the motor to revolve more slowly by introducing resistance 61, also causing slider 63 to engage with the teeth of screw 58 which revolves with the pulley 51, whereby slider 63 is moved toward the.

left as viewed in Fig. 2. If the ironing is not resumed by depressing the treadle 50 within a reasonably short time, the slider 63 will have been moved until it no longer connects 60 and. BI but is on the insulated portion 62. The circuit is thus broken and the motor 52 stops revolving and the heating element 23 cools off.

This provision ofthe time limit cutoff is forv the purpose of preventing the frequent starting and stopping of the motor; yet to prevent wasting of unnecessary current if the use of the ironer is not resumed within a reasonable time.

When the ironing, is completed, the plug is It will thus be seen that the embodiment of.

the various features of this invention have been fully described, that they attain the various objects of the invention and are well suited to meet the requirements of practical use. Of course the device need not be made collapsible and many changes can be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof; It is therefore intended that all matter contained in the description and drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in .a limiting sense.

Accordingly what is claimed and desired to secure byLetters Patent is;

1. In an ironing device, in combination, a roller for propelling material, an ironing member in spaced relation to said roller, a motor, engagement means for operatively connecting said motor and roller, means for applying said ironing member to said roller and for actuating said motor and engagement means, and, time controlled means for disconnecting the source of power supply to said motor a predetermined time interval after disengagement of said roller from the motor.

2. An ironing device comprising a supporting frame, an ironing membena rotatable garment propelling roller in. spaced relation with said ironing member, a motor, engagement means for operatively connecting said roller to said motor, a foot control for applying said ironing member said engagement means and means for separating said ironing and roller members and for disen gaging said roller from said motor when the foot is removed from said control and time controlled means for disconnecting the source of power supply to said motor a predetermined time interval after said disengagement.

3. In an ironing device, inccmbination, a sup-' porting frame, an ironing member, heating means therefor, arotatable garment propellingment means, and time controlled means for dis-.

connecting the source of power supply to said motor and said heating means a predetermined time interval after disengagement of said roller from the motor.

4. In an ironing machine having a roller and an ironing member extending par'allel't'o the longitudinal axis of said roller, the combination of a guiding member, and a plurality of receptacles disposed throughout the length of said ironing member, each of said receptacles adapted to support said guiding member so that same may be set'in operative relation tween said roller and ironing member.

5. In an ironing device the combination ofan to articles fed beironing member, means for heating same, a garment propellingroller and driving means therefor, means for disengaging said roller from said driving means and time controlled means actuated by'said disengaging. means for disconnecting the power supply for said heating means a predetermined time interval after disengagement of saidrollerfrom said 'drivingmeans. r

6. In an ironing device of the class described,

an iron, an article supporting memberin operative relation to said iron, a pointed guide element on said ironandmeans whereby the position of said element along the width. of said ,iron may be adjusted.

7. In a device of the class described, the combination of an iron, a heating device adapted to be energized to heat said iron, an article supporting member, means for applying pressure between said iron and said member, release mechanism therefor and time controlled means actuated bysaid release mechanism for deenergizing said heating device a predetermined time interval after the pressure applied between said iron and supporting 'member had been removed.

8. "The combinationwith anironing device of a guide element and means on said ironing device whereby the position. of said guide element can be. adjusted along the width of same.

SOLOMON H. SEIDMAN. ARTHUR F. ROUTH. 

